NWCSAF-GEO is a suite of software designed to ingest data from the EUMETCast (geostationary satellite data, numerical weather prediction data and lightning data) to provide operational and research facilities with near real time data for nowcasting.
NWCSAF-GEO consists of a number of product generating elements (PGEs) and the task manager (SAFNWCTM). These work together to process satellite and NWP data into products useful for forecasters.
The software has been developed by a consortium of national Met services and is made available to registered users free of charge.
For the original tutorial delivered as part of the SWIFT work package training we had all the necessary files on the training computers. However, to complete this tutorial now you will need register with NWCSAF at the following webpage.
http://www.nwcsaf.org/web/guest/register
Registering will give you access to the software download section on the website all the documentation and the support ticket system.